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Slovakia expels 3 Russian diplomats after spy services info

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s Foreign Ministry says it has decided to expel three Russian diplomats following its assessment of information from the country’s intelligence services. The ministry says the decision was made Monday and the diplomats based at the Russian embassy in the capital of Bratislava have 72 hours to leave the country. It says their activities violated the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. The ministry says it has also strongly urged the Russian embassy to make sure the activities of their diplomats were in line with the convention, which both countries are obliged to do.

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